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Raunchy cellphone lowers tone in court: "A man was lucky not to find himself facing contempt charges when his highly embarrassing mobile phone ring tone rang out loudly in a packed courtroom. The decorum in the Ipswich Magistrate's call-over court was shattered as the sound of a woman experiencing heightened sexual pleasure rang out for between 10 to 20 seconds. Numerous people sat in the public gallery, including several local lawyers, struggled to choke back laughter in Court 1 as acting magistrate Roger Stark tried to ignore the ring tone and attend to the case before him. The message repeated a woman moaning: "Oh, yeah ... yeah ... oh, yeah ... do it to me." A man seated in the public gallery could be seen try to unsuccessfully turn off his phone as he also attempted to hide his obvious embarrassment. Less than an hour earlier, prosecutor Constable Jo Little had warned people seated in the public gallery to ensure their mobile telephones were switched off or risk having them confiscated by the presiding magistrate".


Curry stops traffic: "Two wayward bags of orange powder appeared near Suncorp Stadium, stinging a man's eyes and causing city traffic gridlock before they were declared be curry powder. A QFRS spokesman said five fire trucks responded to a report of a bag of orange powder spilled across the road Musgrave Rd on-ramp to the Inner City Bypass about 2.20pm. A scientific crew sent to identify the substance became stuck in the traffic caused by the spill. Other QFRS crew members used breathing apparatus while cleaning up the substance. A Queensland Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said a man complained of "being affected" as he walked past the stadium. It is believed he complained of stinging in his eyes. The second sting in the curry powder was the traffic chaos that ensnared city streets. The Inner City Bypass was closed in both directions for about an hour and with a major artery blocked, clots formed in every direction."


Bar gossip leads to nasty surprise: "A Czech couple who took a DNA test to squash persistent pub gossip about the parentage of their 10-month-old baby got a nasty surprise when it was found neither of them were. The couple, from the southeastern town of Trebic, had some doubts about the child as her hair was blonde and they both had dark hair. Fellow drinkers' suspicions got on their nerves. Tthe test showed neither of the parents had the same DNA as the baby, Czech news agency CTK reported on Wednesday, suggesting a mix-up at the hospital. Authorities were looking into the case".


Guilty conscience. Man drowns while fleeing police: "A man drowned in the Swan River while fleeing police in Belmont yesterday. Two men had been allegedly casing out cars near the Sandringham Hotel in suburban Belmont when police arrived about 12.30pm. One man was arrested but the other ran down an embankment and into the river, police said. The man swam out about half way but then began to struggle and went under. Water police began searching for the man and a boat equipped with a sonar detector found his body just after 5pm. The major crime squad will conduct an investigation and a post-mortem will be carried out." [He would probably not have been convicted of anything anyway]



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posted by bussorah at 1:33 PM